Capital Punishment In California Capital Punishment in California has carried out seven hundred and nine executions from seventeen seventy eight to nineteen seventy two. In nineteen seventy two, the California Supreme Court in the decision of the People V. Anderson, found that the death penalty violates the state constitution. A few months later, California voters reinstated the death penalty with Proposition seventeen, legalizing the death penalty. Since then there have been thirteen executions, the last one in two thousand and six. On November 8th, two thousand and sixteen, California will vote again on the death penalty. I am against Capital punishment in California, I think it is wrong, mainly due to my beliefs as a person. Even tho I
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He was put to death by lethal injection. Mr. Williams was convicted of 4 murders and sentenced to death in 1979. He was also the co-founder of the crips. About five years after incarceration, Mr.Williams underwent a religious conversion and as an outcome, and wrote many books and programs to promote peace and to fight gang violence. He was nominated five times for the Nobel Peace Prize and was nominated four times for the Nobel Literature Prize. Williams was a co founder of the crips and was convicted of four murders and was sentenced to death, he made the best out of his situation and accomplished many things by telling his story and encouraging people not to go down the road he did. I don 't think he was any more harm to society and did not need to be put to death. I believe he would have had better purpose if he was still alive, he could have still done more positive and hopefully help people not join gangs because of his great …show more content…
The first injection is Sodium Thiopental, which is supposed to make the person go unconscious , which is supposed to make any pain undetectable. After the initial injection the IV is flushed with Saline, a substance that is used to push a drug into the bloodstream quicker. The second injection that is put in the IV is, a neuromuscular blocker. The result is complete muscle paralysis, which causes respiratory arrest. Following another saline flush is the final injection, potassium chloride. This last dosage of chemical floods the heart with charged particles that interrupt its electrical signaling, stopping it from beating. My thoughts on Capital Punishment are because of my personal beliefs. I don 't think it is right to kill someone for killing someone, especially if they are possibly innocent. It will cost California less to not have capital punishment, and I believe it is worse punishment to have to live the rest of your life in prison until you die rather than lethal injection. I believe giving people life without parole, will force them to think about what they have done, hopefully change them and give them a chance to encourage others to not go down the same path they
He was put to death by lethal injection. Mr. Williams was convicted of 4 murders and sentenced to death in 1979. He was also the co-founder of the crips. About five years after incarceration, Mr.Williams underwent a religious conversion and as an outcome, and wrote many books and programs to promote peace and to fight gang violence. He was nominated five times for the Nobel Peace Prize and was nominated four times for the Nobel Literature Prize. Williams was a co founder of the crips and was convicted of four murders and was sentenced to death, he made the best out of his situation and accomplished many things by telling his story and encouraging people not to go down the road he did. I don 't think he was any more harm to society and did not need to be put to death. I believe he would have had better purpose if he was still alive, he could have still done more positive and hopefully help people not join gangs because of his great …show more content…
The first injection is Sodium Thiopental, which is supposed to make the person go unconscious , which is supposed to make any pain undetectable. After the initial injection the IV is flushed with Saline, a substance that is used to push a drug into the bloodstream quicker. The second injection that is put in the IV is, a neuromuscular blocker. The result is complete muscle paralysis, which causes respiratory arrest. Following another saline flush is the final injection, potassium chloride. This last dosage of chemical floods the heart with charged particles that interrupt its electrical signaling, stopping it from beating. My thoughts on Capital Punishment are because of my personal beliefs. I don 't think it is right to kill someone for killing someone, especially if they are possibly innocent. It will cost California less to not have capital punishment, and I believe it is worse punishment to have to live the rest of your life in prison until you die rather than lethal injection. I believe giving people life without parole, will force them to think about what they have done, hopefully change them and give them a chance to encourage others to not go down the same path they